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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820947903321

Autore

Arrom Silvia Marina <1949->

Titolo

Volunteering for a cause : gender, faith, and charity in Mexico from the reform to the revolution / / Silvia Marina Arrom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, New Mexico : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8263-5629-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Disciplina

267/.44272

Soggetti

Women in church work - Catholic Church

Women in church work - Mexico - History - 19th century

Women in church work - Mexico - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 247-267

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter one. The first decade : preparing the ground for social Catholicism -- Chapter two. The male volunteers face the liberal Reforma -- Chapter three. The mobilization of women -- Chapter four. The gendering of Vincentian charity -- Chapter five. Jalisco : a case study of militant Catholicism -- Chapter six. Charity for the modern world : concluding remarks -- Epilogue. What my grandmother taught me -- Appendix one. Male society Superior Council officers, 1845-1910 -- Appendix two. Ladies of Charity Superior Council officers, 1863-1911 -- Appendix three. The Guadalajara Male Society Central Council officers, 1852-1909 -- Appendix 4. Guadalajara Ladies of Charity Central Council officers, 1864-1913.

Sommario/riassunto

This thoughtful study challenges a number of widespread assumptions about the role of Catholicism in Mexican history by examining two related Catholic charities: the male Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Ladies of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.